Safety

Biological Safety

• Universal precautions: first guidelines, centered around blood-borne pathogen precautions
• Body substance isolation (BSI): updated guidelines for protection against all bodily fluids that may potentially transmit disease, as well as additional protection against certain diseases (e.g., airborne disease)
• Routine practises and additional precautions (standard precautions):
  • Assumption that all patients may possibly be infectious even without symptoms
  • Routine use of PPE and practises (e.g., handwashing) to prevent the spread of disease
  • If there are specific infection control concerns, then additional precautions may be used
    • Contact
    • Droplet
    • Airborne